Less than 24 hours for my ‘big walk’ and I am both excited and apprehensive about it. A 100km non-stop seems like a long way to walk!! For my family and friends around the world who want updates, here is the link that will provide live tracking tomorrow on the team’s progress.https://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/team/home/16153
Barring injuries, we hope to complete between 26 and 30 hours with the weather being the big unknown. The forecast is for a cold, wet and miserable day!
A big shout-out to my tolerant family who have patiently watched me disappear on training walks on so many weekends and have promised to wait for me at the finish line with coffee, ice packs and a blanket! Thank you, I couldn’t have done this without you.
Further live updates on FB tomorrow depending on connectivity and time…..

Checkpoint 2. We’ve done 22k of 100….these were the easiest though. Still smiling. The vibe us amazing and the volunteers have been awesome. And so far, the weather has been kind. Maybe the weather gods will keep smiling at us.

There is something rather remarkable about the sight of a phalanx of walkers walking in the dark on treacherous hilly track, each one’s headlight bobbing up and down…. With city lights twinkling in the distance far beneath. I wonder what the wildlife is thinking… Here come the crazies again?

Finally at CP5 at 58k. We’ve been walking for 16 hours now. Been drizzling for the last hour. The work of the volunteers is humbling. Hurting now but I am not yet questioning my decision to sign up!! This is already the longest walk of my life.

We have only 7k left to go!! At the final checkpoint with 93k behind us. I am a bundle of aches, wrapped in pain, with a core of soreness and tied up with agony. One big walking OUCH! Plan – go slowly, take your time BUT GET THEE TO THAT FINISH LINE!